kneonlight
Well-known member
Hi
I recently bought a Celestron Ultima 80 spotting scope which I am really pleased with.
However I am struggling when it comes to digiscoping. I bought the celestron photo adapter bracket as this was the one recommended for this scope (by celestron anyway!). I tried using it with my compact camera (a fujifilm finepix AV). The photos that came out were great (at least I was pleased!) but I am having real problems setting it up.
The main problem seems to be that the adapter does not raise the camera high enough. Even at it's highest the platform for the camera seems too low. The circle of light that I need to zoom through is at the top of the viewfinder rather than at the centre meaning the camera cannot zoom through the vignetting (sp.)
By fiddling, twisting the camera, leaving the screw slightly loose I was able to get a few shots but at times it took ten minutes and I still couldn't see through the telescope with the camera.
Does anyone have any experience of digiscoping with this telescope or does anyone have any advice?
Should I get a different adapter or a camera with a lens higher up the camera (although to be honest the fujifilm finepix seems to have the lens in the standard place for a digital camera).
The other thing I was thinking about was giving up with the compact camera and getting a DSLR instead - although obviously this would be more expensive.
Any advice would be very welcome.
Thankyou
I recently bought a Celestron Ultima 80 spotting scope which I am really pleased with.
However I am struggling when it comes to digiscoping. I bought the celestron photo adapter bracket as this was the one recommended for this scope (by celestron anyway!). I tried using it with my compact camera (a fujifilm finepix AV). The photos that came out were great (at least I was pleased!) but I am having real problems setting it up.
The main problem seems to be that the adapter does not raise the camera high enough. Even at it's highest the platform for the camera seems too low. The circle of light that I need to zoom through is at the top of the viewfinder rather than at the centre meaning the camera cannot zoom through the vignetting (sp.)
By fiddling, twisting the camera, leaving the screw slightly loose I was able to get a few shots but at times it took ten minutes and I still couldn't see through the telescope with the camera.
Does anyone have any experience of digiscoping with this telescope or does anyone have any advice?
Should I get a different adapter or a camera with a lens higher up the camera (although to be honest the fujifilm finepix seems to have the lens in the standard place for a digital camera).
The other thing I was thinking about was giving up with the compact camera and getting a DSLR instead - although obviously this would be more expensive.
Any advice would be very welcome.
Thankyou